United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary John Kelly has announced new security measures for all international flights to the country and the potential end of the laptop ban affecting eight Middle East and North African countries. The DHS said on its website the measures to apply to all inbound flights included enhancing overall
Korean’s Jin Air is planning a return to Cairns for a second year of seasonal flying, albeit with a reduced schedule. Cairns Airport said on Wednesday the Korean airline planned to operate 12 return flights between Seoul and Cairns during December 2017 and January 2018. The 12 flights is a reduction from the 16 return
Virgin Australia has received an improved ratings outlook from S&P Global Ratings as the airline moves to pay down debt and reduce costs. The ratings agency, formerly known as Standard and Poor’s, said on Monday it had reaffirmed Virgin Australia’s “B+” corporate credit rating while lifting the ratings outlook to stable, from negative previously. “The stable
Qantas and its regional wing QantasLink have taken top honours for punctuality in May, new figures show. The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) report on domestic on-time performance said Qantas had 90.8 per cent of its flights arrive within 15 minutes of schedule in May, ahead of QantasLink at 89.7 per cent. Qantas also
Virgin Australia says the competition watchdog’s conditions on its proposed alliance with HNA Group relating to codeshares and interlines with other carriers are unnecessary and may have unintended consequences. The airline has pushed back on the ACCC’s draft determination published in early June, which approved the tie-up on the condition that the two parties did
Virgin Australia alliance partner Hainan Airlines is expanding its presence in Australia with new Brisbane-Shenzhen nonstop flights launching in September. The Chinese carrier plans to serve the route twice a week with Airbus A330 equipment, Brisbane Airport said in a statement on Friday. The inaugural service takes off on September 21. Hainan is part of HNA
